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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: i p Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. NEWKIRK, of Piqua, in the county of Miami,` and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oil Cans; and do hereby declare that the following isa full, cleqgand exact description thereoL'which will enable others skilled in the 'art to make and usethe same, reference being had p to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification. i

My invention consists in constructing an oil can in such a manner that coal oil and other oils orliquidsof like nature, can be'handled and used without the disagreeable necessity of soiling every `spot where the oil can;` is placed, as is almost invariably the case with the common oil can, i

The drawing represents a vertical section of Athe oil can. t y i My impr'ovement is con'iined to-the extended bottom or channel around the can and the` extra spout, `otherwise the can is the same as is commonly used. i Y v A represents the extended bottom and channel. B the extra or `auxiliary spout. `C is a portion of `,the bail. Assomeoil almost invariably runs down from the top when the can is filled and drops off `from the bottom, soiling everything it comes in contact with, I have constructed my oil can `with the edge or rim of tlrebottom extendedin the form of a tray thus forming a deep channel around the can, thereby preventing any of -theoil i that may run down theside from dripping oit'. In manufacturing the cans thebottom can bcextended in this manner or the can made in the usual manner may be set in a tray or pan and attached by solder, or `this rim forming a.channel as described, may be attached aboveithc bottom'arouud the can, which would be a device for the same purpose. To dispose of the oil which may thus rnn down into the tray,`I attach anextra spout to the lip orvrim of the 'tray in such al manner that all the'oil that runs into the tray may be poured into the lamp through this spout. .The upper portion of this spout is attached -to the underside of thespout proper of the can, and it will be noticed that the extreme end of the extra spoutprojects a1little beyond the other' spout asseen at, a. This is for the purpose of catching any-drop or drops of oil which may fall from the end of the spenti` V Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent, s-v

An oilean with a projecting rim around the outside, either at .the bottom'vor above it, forming a' channel, substantially as described lfor, the purposes herein set forth. y

I claim the extra spout B, in conbination with the `said channel, substantially as described; WILLIAM C. IIIVKIRK.` Witnesses:

J. HAL. KELLEY, REUBEN MILLEB. 

